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I had a controlled dismount in a little bit of mud this morning, in other words I fell over. No visible damage to the bike except for the fact that the brakes are no longer working and the ABS light keeps on flashing. The brakes will work if you pull the lever hard but the servo or pump or...

What do you guys think is safer, riding with a laptop bag on my back on strapping it to the pillion seat? If it is on my back it may act as a sort of spine protector in accident but then again the laptop may break up and skewer me so I'm not sure.

First of all let me say that I know it's for a good cause but as far as I'm concerned the Gauteng Toy Run from Midrand really sucked. This was my fourth one and what I remember from the previous ones that started in Pretoria was the massive amount of bikes at the start. I would be kilometers...

Due to my general ham-handedness I manage to break a fuel connector on my bike so it's off to Bavarian where they tell me what I need but the don't have it in stock and BMW SA doesn't have it stock. It's been back-ordered from Germany but that could take a while. I want my bike fixed so after a...

Sunday morning on the 25th of January, Frog, Yefimovich, GundaGunda and myself met up at the Shell garage in Atterbury Road to continue a trip that Frog, Roux and myself did in December last year but that was cut short by rain. The plan was to ride tar to Verena where we turned back last time...

Just a reminder for everyone  that the Dakar is on Supersport 2 at 22:00 until 22:30 every night. I think the prologue was on last night but it is being shown again at 14:00 on one of the other Supersport channels (I think SS6) Enjoy!

I am selling my black F650GS with 17000km for R50000 It has - ABS and heated grips Hand protectors Tankbag Touratech Chain Guard Extended windscreen Some scratches BMW Guarantee until 18 August 2008 Contact Chris  on O-eight-three -three-O-four O956

I want to install my bike-comms system onto my 1150GSA and I was wondering where would be the best and easiest place to get a 12V supply that is only live when the ignition is on. Thanks

After upgrading to the 1150GSA I wanted to use the topbox from my 650GS so that I could save a few rands. After speaking to Groenie he made a bracket that would allow the topbox to be mounted on the GSA. The end result is great and the topbox fits perfectly. BMW recoded/rekeyed the topbox lock...

As there seems to be a lot of confusion in biking circles about what happens to your centre of gravity when you stand while riding, I am interested in hearing what us WDs think.

I am looking to buy a rider/pillion communication set and came across the Oxford Bike Mike 3 for less than R900. To me the pros and cons would be  Pros Runs off bikes 12v so no worries about battery life and recharging - a big plus for longer trips Cheaper than bluetooth alternatives Cons Wires...

As from yesterday I am the proud owner of an 1150GSA so the first thing to do was get used to the larger bike after spending a year and a half with a 650GS. Noble Steed and I decided to to have a ride to Dullstroom today to test it out. We took some of the back roads round to Loskop dam, once we...

I was busy tyre changing this morning and I broke the rubber band thingy that goes around the inside of the rim that protects the tube from the ends off the spokes. All the shops are now closed so I cant buy one until monday and I was wondering if it would be safe to wrap couple of layers of...

If I carry only one spare tube with me on trips with my 650GS should it be the front or rear? The front one is 19" but is narrow so it would have to expand sideways to fit the wider rear. The rear is 17" so would have to be stretched to fit the front also the tube is bigger so it may be more...

Today Noble Steed, Tulip, my brother and myself decided to take a nice day trip to explore the Loskop Dam area. We left early this morning from the Engen Garage on the R513. (Myself, my brother and Noble Steed) On the way to Cullinan for an early morning breakfast we rode past the roadworks...

My brother and I were taking a leisurely drive along one of the canal roads this morning when we came upon a locked gate across the road saying Private Property. This was at S25 37 37.4 E27 48 11.8. Are the roads next the canals private property or is this some over-zealous home owner who thinks...

The bike has 84000km on it, comes with topbox and crashbars. Would you buy this bike and what should I look out for if I'm interested?

Mrs Zerc is interested in learning how to ride a bike and we were thinking of getting something that she could learn on as well as something I could play with in more technical areas.  Our requirements are light, cheapish, not too tall, preferably new as I don't want to worry too much about...

The ride started at 08:30 sharpish with myself, Tulip, Noble Steed, Slide, Mrs Slide, Doringboom and THEdude participating. We then took the scenic route to Cullinan with THEdude folllowing (sorry no pic you were too close behind me), then Doringboom with Tulip and Noble Steed on Donkey and...

Myself, Noble Steed and Tulip are planning to have a ride round the Cullinan area this Saturday. It's going to be a nice slow ride with a max speed of about 80km/h on the dirt roads. We'll stop for breakfast at Cullinan and we'll be finished before lunchtime. If anybody's interested we can meet...